Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chōt (~ćh-)

Meaning: pick, pinch

Chinese: 撮 *chōt pinch with the fingers, a pinchful.

Burmese: ćhwat pick, pluck (flowers, fruits).

Comments: Cf. Austric: PAN *kuzut 'pinch', *becit 'squeeze', *pucut 'take away', PAA *cVt 'press'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ch(r)ă(H)

Meaning: begin

Chinese: 初 *shra (~ćh-) begin, beginning.

Tibetan: chas-pa start off, set out, set forth, depart, prepare for, start, dashing after.

Burmese: ćaʔ to begin, be first.

Comments: Luce 2.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ch(r)aŋ

Meaning: troubled, grieved

Chinese: 愴 *chraŋ grieved.

Tibetan: ãchaŋ to irritate, provoke, make angry.

Kachin: sǝcaŋ¹ anxious, troubled, (H) caŋ be troubled, afflicted, burdened.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćh(r)āk

Meaning: a k. of sacrifice

Chinese: 蚱 *ʒ́_rāks name of a winter sacrifice.

Lushai: čāk a sacrifice.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćh(r)ām

Meaning: sharp

Chinese: 鑱 *ʒ́_rām sharp.

Kachin: ncam² sharp.

Comments: Cf. PAN *tad'ǝm, *tad'im 'sharp' (see Peiros 1998, 221).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chreŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: live, fresh

Chinese: 生 *shreŋ live; fresh (as greens).

Burmese: hraŋ to live, be alive.

Lushai: hriŋ be green (in colour), fresh; to bear,bring forth, KC *hriŋ\.

Kiranti: *h(r)iŋ

Comments: Moshang -lhiŋ; Rawang ǝthiŋ unripe. Sh. 135, 410, 436; Ben. 85. STEDT 146-152 *s-riŋ ~ *s-raŋ. Perhaps etymologically related to *chăr 'fresh' q.v.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćh(r)ēw

Meaning: hole, nest

Chinese: 巢 *ʒ́_rēw nest

Lushai: čô (čoʔ) dig a hole, KC *tśo.

Comments: BG: Dimasa dźao, Garo tśoʔ . Sh. 54. Cf. PAA *cVh 'nest' (possibly < Chinese).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćh(r)iǝ̆H ( ~ ʒ́h-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of fruit

Chinese: 柿 *ʒ́hrǝʔ Diospyros, persimmon.

Burmese: ćhih the jujube, Zizyphus jujuba.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ch(r)ɨāl

Meaning: mistake, discrepancy

Chinese: 差 *chrāj diverge, disrepancy; mistake.

Tibetan: ãʒol fault, error, mistake.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chu ( ~ -aw, -ew)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cow, bull

Tibetan: mʒo mongrel-breed of the yak-bull and common cow.

Kachin: dumsu¹, su²- cow, bull.

Comments: Abor śo cow; Trung dzu¹ yak. Cf. also Burm. sǝwh ram, LB *[z]ǝw(x) ?

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chuam

Meaning: invade, pillage

Chinese: 侵 *chǝm (~-im) invade; enroach upon, unsurp.

Kachin: sum⁴ be defeated, lose, fail.

Lushai: suam to rob, plunder, to pillage.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ch[u]ap

Meaning: rough, rub

Tibetan: rcub uneven, rough, rugged, gcub to rub.

Burmese: sap to palm, to flatten.

Kachin: sop² be stroked, mǝsop² to stroke, rub gently.

Lushai: thap be rough.

Comments: Cf. also Jnp mǝʒep² be rough to the touch.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chuāH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: grass

Chinese: 草 *chūʔ grass.

Tibetan: rcwa grass, herb, plant.

Kiranti: *s[u] weed

Comments: PG *chà graze. Simon 14; Sh. 123. Cf. also Ninglang Naxi chǝ-chǝ, Sichuan *chV 'leaf'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chum / *chuŋ

Meaning: use

Burmese: sumh to use, spend, LB *zumx.

Kachin: (H) suŋ, cuŋ to use, ǝsuŋ usefulness.

Lepcha: ǯam, a-ǯam use, adventage; accuracy

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chŭn (~-ǝ̆n)

Meaning: speak

Kachin: cun¹ to speak, tell, say.

Lushai: KC *sUn.

Comments: Sh. 411.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chŭt (~ćh-, -uat)

Meaning: wash, wipe

Chinese: 雪 *s_ot wash, bathe, wash off.

Burmese: sut to wipe, LB *sut.

Kachin: gǝcut³ to wipe, as dishes.

Comments: Mat. 201. Cf. Austric: PAA *ʒu:t 'wipe, rub', PAN *isut 'rub, scrub'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ch[ū]n (~ -ɫ)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cut off; a measure (inch)

Chinese: 寸 *chūns thumb, inch; 忖 *chūnʔ measure, consider; 刌 *chūnʔ to cut, chop.

Burmese: ćhunh to measure a distance; to cut.

Kachin: (H) cen an inch.

Comments: Cf. also OCh. 選 *s_onʔ to count, select, choose.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chūr

Meaning: hang (of leaves, fruits)

Kachin: (H) cun, lǝcun, mǝcun, nǝcun be hanging, as a leaf.

Lushai: sūr the pendulous fruit-bearing branches of such trees as the fig.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chūt

Meaning: moment, suddenly

Chinese: 卒 *chūt sudden(ly)

Tibetan: gzod now, this moment.

Lushai: thut suddenly.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ch]ūt

Meaning: rough, brusque

Chinese: 卒 *chūt brusque.

Kachin: mǝʒut² be rugged, cragged, rough.